The author discusses in great detail the local origins and cultural values of the Yoruba peoples brought to Alabama, their festivals, religious beliefs, languages, naming practices, kinship patterns, and ancestor reverence, as the subtitle "Spirit of Our Ancestors" suggests.

These connections include regular travel to Ticuani for school vacations and festivals, religious rituals that are practiced in both settings, and, in particular, the activities of the Ticuani hometown association, an immigrant benevolent society formed by men who have settled in New York and who tax themselves to raise funds for social spending in their community of origin.

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